Expressive fixtures generator for Loopback

Add the following entry to your package.json:

"loopback-fixtures": "git://github.com/Octopixell/loopback-fixtures.git"

Then, in your server/component-config.json, add :

{
  "loopback-fixtures": {
    "fixturePath": "/fixtures/data/",
    "append": false,
    "autoLoad": false
  }
}

Write your YML fixture file /fixture/data/data.yml (adapt according your model) :

Group:
  group{1..10}:
    name: "Groupe {#} depuis les fixtures"

User:
  user{1..10}:
    name: "User {#} : {{name.lastName}}"
    groupId: @{group{#}}
    email: "{{internet.email}}"
    birthDate: "2016-01-01"
    favoriteNumber: "(function() { return Math.round(Math.random()*1000);})()"

• If autoLoad is set to true, fixtures will be loaded when you start your application

• With the server:

  app.loadFixtures() (return a promise)

  e.g:

  app.loadFixtures()
  .then(function() {
    console.log('Done!');
  })
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.log('Errors:', err);
  });

• With a node command:

  node ./node_modules/loopback-fixtures/lib/load-fixtures.js
  

• fixturePath (default value '/fixtures/data')

  The directory to load data fixtures from

• append (default value true)

  If set to true, data fixtures will be append instead of deleting all data from the database first. WARNING false will erase your database

• autoLoad (default value false)

• Load data according your model

• Multiple generators :

  User:
    user{1..45}:
      name: "User number {#}"

  {#} represents the current identifier for the generator

• References :

  Group:
    group{1..3}:
      name: "Groupe number {#}"
  
  User:
    user{1..9}:
      name: "User number {#}"
      group: @{group1}  # Reference to group1
      owner: @{group1.owner} # Reference the owner of group1
  
    user{10..19}:
      name: "User number {#}"
      group: @{group.*} # Reference to any random matching group

  @{group1} represents the reference for group1 and can be used in other fixtures @{group1.name} represents the reference for the property name within group1 and can be used in other fixtures @{group.*} represents the reference for a random matching group and can be used in other fixtures

• JSON

  User:
    userWithJson:
      data: '{"key":"value","key2":"value2"}'

• Fakers :

  User:
    user{1..10}:
      name: "User n°{#} : {{name.lastName}} {{name.firstName}}"
      email: "{{internet.email}}"

  You can use Faker.js API to provide fake data

• Custom function :

  User:
    user{1..10}:
      favoriteNumber: "(function() { return Math.round(Math.random()*1000); })()"

  You can use custom functions too

Samy Ghribi - For creating the initial version of this LoopBack component. Thanks Samy!

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